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1 CORPORATE INTERFACE TEAM Annual Report

2 1. Overview 2. Schedule of the events hosted in Listed of Organizations Hosted Academic Year Main Events A. Imperio Imperio 1.0 Imperio 2.0 Imperio 3.0 Imperio 4.0 B. Arcturus 2017 C. The Senate Campus Connect Initiatives A. Mahindra War Room 2017 B. Godrej Loud Building the Brand SIBM Pune A. Offline Promotions B. Online Promotion 7. Closing Note

3 Overview The Corporate Interface team, a student run initiative, is the face of SIBM Pune in the corporate world. The fundamental goal of the team is to conceptualize, develop and execute events which supplement the institute's pedagogy. The team has always tried to build, sustain and enhance this institute's relationship with the Indian corporate world and build on the brand 'SIBM Pune' in the industry. CIT, in the academic year , has strived to enhance the knowledge and learning of the students at SIBM Pune by complementing the conventional teaching methods with adequate industry exposure through guest lectures, symposiums, seminars, etc. CIT aims to augment students' understanding of academic concepts by providing them an industry perspective through interactions with industry professionals. Through its series of events in the past academic year, the team provided a practical perspective on various domains of management & business to students and tried to ensure that students were kept abreast with the latest management trends and changes in the industry. The team endeavored to develop contacts with top executives across the industry and foster strong relations with leading corporate houses in India.

4 Schedule of Events hosted EVENTS DATE Godrej Loud Campus Launch 18 19th July, 2017 Mahindra War Room Launch 23th July, 2017 Imperio 2017 (1.0) 20 June, 2017 Imperio 2017 (2.0) 28 July 2017 Imperio 2017 (3.0) 24 August 2017 Imperio 2017 (4.0) 23 December 2017 Arcturus 18th August 2017 The Senate January 2018 th th th th rd th

5 List of Organizations hosted P&G KPMG Google Facebook E&Y Accenture Deloitte Godrej PwC AkzoNobel Pepperfry Reliance Jio Innoplexus AG IDFC Bank ufony Services Shopclues Adobe Systems Paypal India Cognizant Future Group Mahindra & Mahindra Tata Cliq Wipro IndusInd Bank Protiviti Group Emerson

6 Imperio 2017 a series of guest lectures aimed at providing opportunities for students to interact with stalwarts from the corporate world. Imperio aims to lessen the divide between theory and practice, to understand the success stories of thought leaders, their principles and rationales in order to gain a deeper understanding of contemporary business. Imperio is also used as a platform to allow for in depth training in specific areas of interests of students by industry experts. Imperio 1.0 Date: 20th June, 2017 Guest Lecture by Mr. Sundar Ramaswamy - Partner KPMG Mr. Sundar is a Partner with the IT Advisory at KPMG. He joined KPMG in 2001 and has over 16 years of overall professional experience. Mr. Sundar has extensive experience in information security and systems audit, with special emphasis on IT controls and IS risk and governance. Mr. Sundar is the national service line leader for IT Attestation and financial model review in KPMG India. He has worked with a cross section of Indian and global companies across Banking and Financial services and Technology Financial Modeling, SOX compliance, IS Risk and Governance and IT Audit in External Audit. Topic: How to build a career in consulting.

7 Imperio 2.0 Date: 28th July, 2017 Guest Lecture by Mr. Deepak Acharya Deepak Acharya is the Director & Associate General Counsel of Procter & Gamble, Europe-Singapore branch. Mr. Acharya has over 24 years of experience in the FMCG Sector. He is a Law graduate from the Government Law College, Mumbai, a Fellow member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and an Associate Member of the All India Management Association. Prior to his Singapore Assignment, Mr. Acharya was Director & Associate General Counsel for P&G s Central & Eastern Europe Middle East and Africa Region and based out of Geneva, Switzerland from 2011 to Mr. Acharya is member of the Executive Committee of the Singapore Corporate Counsel Association. He is also P&G s qualified Corporate Trainer for various Corporate Training Programs such as Corporate Athlete and 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. He is an avid reader and enjoys playing Badminton. Topic: The Corporate Athlete

8 Imperio 3.0 Date: 24th August, 2017 Guest Lecture by Ms. Sauvik Bannerjee VP - Digital Initiatives, Advisory to Group Co s, Tata Industries Ltd. CTO of Tata CLiQ One of top 6 technologists globally with over 150 implementations running across the globe, Mr. Sauvik Banerjjee is a technologist and Vice President Digital Initiatives, Advisory to Group Co's & CTO of TATACLIQ at Tata Industries Limited by profession. He is a tech evangelist and entrepreneur by heart, has built two successful start-ups & sold them in the UK and has been ranked right at the top of global CTOs online by OnlineEducation.com. Having mentored over 600 senior management over the years, Mr. Sauvik in India is also mentoring select start-ups on building successful business models. He is on the board of advisors for several companies and start-ups alike. He has been responsible for disruptive innovation ideas in technology and omni-channel commerce that have earned him the distinction and title of being one of the only 6 people (the only person of Indian origin) in the world to have worked on all global Omni channel platforms. Topic: # Futurism: Inventions-Global impact and the Indian Context

9 Imperio 4.0 Date: 23rd December, Guest Lecture by Dr. Gunjan Bhardwaj Founder & CEO, Innoplexus AG Dr. Gunjan Bhardwaj is the CEO and Founder Innoplexus AG, a consulting-led product and technology firm focused on big data and advanced analytics. Previously he served the Boston Consulting Group and Ernst & Young where he led the Global Business Performance think tank. Dr. Gunjan Bhardwaj was also a partner, senior-editor and advisor for a prominent online innovation management journal and was a member of the scientific advisory board of a US based not for profit institute doing research in Complexity Sciences in the Healthcare industry. He also manages an Investment advisory company engaged in the Indo German corridor. Additionally, Dr. Gunjan Bhardwaj was also an honorary representative of the state of Baden Württemberg to India. He has been publishing in several scientific and business journals such as the Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Review, International Journal of Innovation Management and Journal of Service Research. Dr. Gunjan Bhardwaj has studied at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Pforzheim Business School, MIT Sloan and European Business School. Topic: How AI is helping manage complexities.

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12 Arcturus 2017 The Corporate Interface Team, SIBM Pune organized 'Arcturus 2017 The Leadership Conclave on 18th August Arcturus, the brightest star of the celestial equator is the eponymous star of one of the nakshatras of the Hindu astrology. The nakshatras are related to the most prominent asterisms in their respective sectors. SIBM Pune successfully got many an Arcturus to campus. The Leadership Conclave witnessed a series of guest lectures by leaders from various organizations who have made their mark and proved their competency in the global business scenarios. The themes for the two panel discussions for Arcturus 2017 were: 1. The Changing Global Order: Age of Disruption 2. Navigating Uncertainties: Strategies for Innovation and Growth The eminent speakers for the event were: Ms. Prriti Narain, Country Head-HR, AkzoNobel Mr. Sanjay Sharda, Head Rural Distribution, Rural Banking, Induslnd Bank Mr. Ashutosh Sharma, Head-Core Banking Products, Cognizant Technology Solutions Mr. Ashish Sharma, Partner- Cyber Strategy-Protection, Deloitte Mr. Ashish Chaturvedi, Founder, ufony Services Mr. Mrinal Mohan, Director, Culture & Capability, IDFC Bank Mr. Ashish Pherwani, Partner - Advisory Services, Ernst & Young Mr. Deepak C Rathi, CFO, Future Group, FLFL Lifestyle Brands Limited Mr. Koushik Balasubramanian, Director-Business & Risk Consulting an Internal Audit, Protiviti India Mr. Harpal Parmar, Partner, Wipro Technologies Mr. Aniruddha Khekale, Group Human Resource Director, Emerso Automation Solutions

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16 The Senate 2018 The Senate is the flagship event of the Corporate Interface Team, SIBM Pune which invites industry stalwarts from myriad sectors to come at one table to discuss and deliberate on topics which can add imminence value to the students. Senate invited who s who from the corporate world. The event commenced with the keynote speech by Mr. Kulmeet Bawa, Managing Director, India & South Asia, Adobe Systems. Mr. Bawa delivered the address on the theme for the event: Firing the Next Decade of Growth: Innovating in India. This was followed by the first panel discussion. This panel saw representatives of some of the most leading, established organizations of the world deliberate upon the topic: Finding New Horizons: Growing Inclusively The panel members were: Mr. Avnish Sabharwal, Managing Director, Accenture Ventures and Open Innovations, Accenture in India Mr. Pankaj Gupta, Head of India Strategy and Sales Operations, Google India Mr. Sudarshan Sarma, Industry Lead - Automotive Sector, Facebook Mr. Satyarth Priyedarshi, Head of Product Marketing, JioChat Mr. Prodipto Roy, Founding Director, Crimson Consulting For our second panel discussion this year, we invited experts from some of the most promising startups of India to deliberate on the theme: Changing Consumer Trends: Can we Keep Pace? The panel members were: Mr. Avinash Parhi, Senior Director, Marketing, ShopClues Mr. Kashyap Vadapalli, Chief Marketing Officer, Pepperfry Mr. Pradeep Kumar, Head of Ecosystem and Outreach, PayPal

The Senate 2018 The panel was moderated by Mr. Prodipto Roy. It was a great experience for the students of SIBM Pune to not just learn from some of the best and the brightest of India Inc.

17 The Senate 2018 The panel was moderated by Mr. Prodipto Roy. It was a great experience for the students of SIBM Pune to not just learn from some of the best and the brightest of India Inc., but also get to know how some of the most leading organizations of the world are innovating to beat the challenges of the VUCA world. The event was also special for the kind of appreciation and positive feedback our guests had to share for the team and its handling of the event and the excellent participation from the students. A mention of this appreciation was seen in the posts shared by them on social media platforms.

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Mahindra War Room-Season 10 The War Room, first commissioned in 2007, is Mahindra's spearhead campaign, rolled out in 17 top Business Schools, to create excitement and transform perceptions.

23 Mahindra War Room-Season 10 The War Room, first commissioned in 2007, is Mahindra's spearhead campaign, rolled out in 17 top Business Schools, to create excitement and transform perceptions. On the basis of the Mahindra Group's "War Room" practice, used as a major tool to engineer the transformation of the Group, a campus version called 'The War Room' was created to position the Mahindra Group, among B-school students, as a global federation of diverse businesses, united by the brand, purpose, values, and culture that Mahindra represents. While attracting and engaging top notch B-school talent to creatively respond to live and realistic business issues through a fair and rigorous process of evaluation, these problems faced by the top managers of the Mahindra Group, are developed into sector caselets. Students form 4-member teams to solve these challenging caselets and generate realistic solutions in six months of intense planning and execution.

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26 Godrej LOUD-2017 Launch: 18th 19th July Godrej LOUD, one of India's biggest B-school competitions specifically for first year MBA students, came to our campus on 18th and 19th July Godrej LOUD is a one of its kind opportunity for MBA 1 students to get their dreams sponsored by Godrej Industries Limited, which offers up to INR 1.5 lakh for them to pursue their dream. It also gives them a chance to get a Pre-Placement Summer Internship Offer to Gurukul, Godrej's Summer Internship Program.

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28 HR Conclave-2017 The HR Conclave 2017 was an event hosted by the combined efforts of all council teams of SIBM Pune. The Corporate Interface Team played a key role in the successful organization of the event. Akshit Kohli and Param Patel, members of the senior team of CIT were part of the core organizing committee of the HR Conclave. The team helped confirmed a few accomplished speakers for the event, invited guests from the field HR and played its part in promotions, logistics, hospitality etc. Nikhil Saha and Shalakha Sanalkumar from the team hosted the event, parts of which were telecast on television. The team therefore played a very important role in making the event a grand success.

29 Offline Promotions The Corporate Interface team went an extra mile this year to ensure that we make our corporate guests feel welcome and build energy and excitement for the several corporate competitions being organised. 1. A welcome dance performance and mime performance conducted during Godrej Loud Two promotional videos which saw active engagement from the students end and were highly appreciated by our corporate guests. 3. A musical video created during Godrej LOUD 2017 for the Musical Face Off: against SCMHRD and emerging victors. 4. Introduction of the LOUD Shake at the shopping hub coffee shop and the midnight canteen 5. Buzz events like JAM session during Arcturus 2017 along with promotions in academic block and mess area on campus through speaker posters for The Senate Online Promotions 1. The Facebook page of the Corporate Interface Team has seen an exponential growth. 2. A massive rise in the number of likes since June Twitter Handle was used to sustain connect with corporate guests and was also aimed at generating leads for invites. CIT earned media coverage through tweets and updates on LinkedIn by guest speakers who attended our event. 4. The CIT LinkedIn page went live this year. With close to 200 relevant corporate connections, we plan to use its outreach to build our professional network further in the coming year.

30 Closing Note The academic year was marked by tremendous success for the team with its efforts being recognized at the annual management day through the best council award. We managed to invite on our campus, leaders from some of the most respected organizations of the world for meaningful interactions. We will strive to continue our efforts next year, with the aim to bring innovation in our work, build more academic value in our events and keep furthering our goal of building value through corporate interactions.

Page 1. Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay & Presents

Page 1. Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay & Presents Page 1 Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay & Presents Continuums Continuums, the rolling seminar series, is an annual event at Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay. The Continuums